⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 4:03 · POR 26-12 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:22 · POR 86-96 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:43 · POR 18-10 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:46 · POR 54-54 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 8:10 · POR 77-96 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q1 4:43 · POR 18-10 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
